http://www.hws.edu/news/ Daily Updates from Hobart and William Smith Collegesen-usFri, 29 Aug 2008 03:33:37 GMTFri, 29 Aug 2008 03:33:37 GMThttp://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10953Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTAs this year's Democratic National Convention gets underway in Denver, Colo., so does an entire conversation across the country about the Democratic as well as the Republican parties and the upcoming ...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10931Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTNavigating intricate socioeconomic issues is never easy. Especially when it's an issue as complex and close-to-home as polarization in the United States. Fortunately, Hobart and William Smith have an ...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10904Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTWith complex and often theatrical politics, intricate institutions, and competing regional and global pressures, the current political situation in Lebanon can be a complex subject to understand. Than...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10893Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTIf you look at mended Japanese ceramics, many of their repairs seem "instantly obvious," says Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures James-Henry Holland. But the intricacies of this art f...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10930Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTLater this month, recent William Smith graduate, Cynthia Okerfelt ’08 will travel across the globe to attend the American University in Cairo (AUC), where she was accepted into a highly competitive an...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10920Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTThree students – Joshua Parks ‘09, Kathryn Klutts '09 and David Fisher ‘10 – are pursuing their career goals abroad after being selected as the recipients of the 2008 Charles H. Salisbury Summer Inter...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10900Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTSpend a summer listening to music all day? Ahmad Koraganie '09 jumped at the chance. As the summer music director at WEOS, Koraganie is getting firsthand experience working in the music industry. “...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10903Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTFor Travis Blum ’10, antennal dissections, DNA isolation and gene cloning are all in a day’s work. The biology major is spending his summer months working alongside Assistant Professor of Biology Kris...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10941Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTAt HWS, students often surprise their professors with the depth and nuance of their insights. In their class discussions and in their research. But there are always those research papers that come off...http://www.hobartlacrossecamp.com/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10939Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe University of Virginia conducted a six-year study of student alcohol consumption based on the “Social Norms” theory of H. Wes Perkins, professor of sociology at HWS, who also helped UVa with the r...